In the fifth year of The Saint's Conquest, Kiver has fallen and Good-King Good-King Alistair of Eventell has perished, a victim of treachery most foul. All of the dukedoms have been destroyed, with only lowly barons left to scrouge what remains of their tiny swaths of land. What remains of the Guardians have been routed from the stronghold of Guardianholm, taking heavy losses. The Kingdom of Eventell looks ready to collapse and kneel before Naxyna the Conqueror, The Living Saint. The only hope is that Alistair's wife, the mourning Queen Danisa, and the last remaining Duke, Amsal, can stem the tide of the coming ruin. For that, they have enlisted the Guardians once more...